Word: halfback
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CAPTAIN CLEO O'DONNELL, left halfback, who makes up for his slight 150 pounds with sheer drive and know-how, was elected captain in 1943 but left for service before he could play in that capacity. The always shifty runner returned this fall to be re-elected to the same post. With an uncanny ability to size up enemy plays before they get under way, he is, in spite of his five-foot eight-inch stature, one of the best pass defenders on the Crimson squad...
...center of the field, with both teams having to plug long kicks through the others' defense, but neither having many scoring opportunities. The Crimson opened the scoring in 10 minutes of the first quarter when Phil Potter tapped in the ball on a passing play which went from left halfback Carlos Balance to inside Hugh Morse and finally to Potter in front of the goal mouth...
Only injury of major consequence that has visited the Yale squad is the broken hand sustained by Vaudy Kirk, the regular Eli left-halfback, who is expected to be used only on defense today. His place will be filled by Art Fitzgerald, the former Notre Dame player who arrived at Yale in the middle of the 1945 season and established a modern record by scoring three touchdowns against Harvard a year...
...score came on an attack which the Bulldogs developed down the left side of the field. Charged by the Crimson left halfback, the Yale left wing lifted a long center from the side of the field, which was headed in by Griggs cutting from his right wing position...
...strong forward line, with Johnny Spivak and Dave Register as the main scorers, is well backed up on the defense by captain Jim Bell at center halfback and Bill Harrop and Mike Scully at the fullback slots. A hard-fighting team from their first game of the season, the Yardlings have developed into a well-coordinated aggressive eleven with good passing and teamwork on the offense...